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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Press Play" with BU media researcher Joan Donovan
Live Music Friday: rapper/producer JoiBeatz and rapper/educator Red Shaydez
Retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner
Rhode Island filmmaker Stephen Smith & Brown University polar oceanographer Chris Horvat
Recent segments
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Justice who helped legalize same-sex marriage in Massachusetts reflects on 20th anniversary
Chief Justice Margaret Marshall reflects on 20th anniversary of first legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. -
Lidia Bastianich to be honored with Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Italian cooking show host will be honored for 25 years of PBS programming. -
Restaurateurs Tiffani Faison and Will Gilson address post-pandemic customer concerns
Local restaurateurs Tiffani Faison and Will Gilson addressed the challenges faced by the restaurant industry in a post-pandemic world. Gilson, owner of Puritan Oyster Bar, used Instagram to gather feedback from his followers about their dining dislikes. -
Rufus Wainwright will 'play for the village' at City Winery
The singer-songwriter spoke to GBH News ahead of two performances at City Winery. -
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin 'transported back in time' with student protests
Renowned historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke about the ongoing encampment protests and how it echoes the protests of the 1960s. -
A comet will shoot across the skies this October
The comet will be visible to the naked eye in October 2024.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 7/15: Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan & Firefighters' Union President Ed Kelly On Gabriel House Fire
Today:In Fall River, we’re still learning about all that went wrong in the assisted living-factility fire that left nine dead over the weekend. Dozens were injured. We begin the show with Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan on the latest.And, Ed Kelly, President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, calls in – as firefighters in Fall River say they didn’t have the resources to adequately respond. -
Best Of BPR 7/14: ACA Architect Jon Gruber On Medicaid Cuts & Michael Curry Live From The NAACP Convention
Today: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.MIT economist Jon Gruber discusses the impacts of Trump's spending bill: massive tax cuts for the wealthy, funded by kicking poor people off of health care.And, Michael Curry joins us remotely from the national NAACP Convention. Curry sits on the NAACP's national board of directors. -
BPR Full Show 7/14: I'm The Problem, It's Me
Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers and NAACP zooms in from the NAACP convention in Charlotte, North Carolina to discuss this year's convention, themed "The Fierce Urgency of Now."Then, MIT economist Jon Gruber breaks down the healthcare impacts of Trump's spending bill.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer explains the impact of tariffs on coffee in Brazil, and how another caffeinated plant, the U.S.-native yaupon, may be getting a boost.The Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G Price III join for All Rev'd Up. They discuss a new IRS rule on political endorsements and Pope Leo's thoughts on AI. -
BPR Full Show 7/11: You're Gonna Be Shocked About The Bread
GBH political reporter Adam Reilly and Wall Street Journal columnist Callum Borchers join for Press Play media analysis. They talk about blowback to a NYTimes report on Zohran Mamdani’s college application, CBS’ 60 Minutes settlement and more.Debo Ray is our guest for Live Music Friday. She’s a Grammy-nominated singer who released her debut self-titled album earlier this year. She joins alongside drummer, manager, and husband Jerry Velona ahead of a free show next week at Long Live Roxbury. PBS travel guru Rick Steves talks about summer travel to Europe and traveling abroad as an American under Trump 2.0.NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell discusses Trump openly criticizing Putin, 50 years of Live Aid and TSA lifting their rule about taking your shoes off during security checks.